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Program Information
Conference Details
The conference will begin on Tuesday, May 22 at 9:00 am at the Crowne Plaza. Registration will be available beginning at 8:00 am.
The meeting room will be equipped with the following:
- overhead projector
- computer/video projection
- flip-charts
There will be a reception on Tuesday, May 22 in the evening. ISESS, the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Masaryk University and Charles University are co-sponsoring the reception. It will be held at Villa Lanna (http://www.cs.cas.cz/~fiedler80/villalanna.html). A light menu of foods will be served, and Moravian wines will be supplied. Directions to Villa Lanna will be provided. The reception will begin at 7:30.
Wednesday, May 23 will begin at 9:00 am and conclude at approximately 1:30 pm. The attendees will have the rest of the afternoon off to explore the area. There are no social activities are planned.
Thursday, May 24 will begin at 9:00 am and will conclude at approximately 5:30 pm. The conference banquet will be held that evening, beginning at 7:00 pm and is included in attendee registration. Please note that guests and students will need to purchase a ticket for the banquet.
Any payments made at the Conference site must be in Cash in Euros.
Friday, May 25 will begin at 9:00 am and the workshop will conclude at approximately 2:00 pm.
Breaks will be served every morning and with lunch and an afternoon break provided on Tuesday and Thursday.
Please consult this ISESS 2007 web site for updates regarding the program.
ISESS 2007 - Program
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic
May 22, 2007 | |||
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | David Swayne, Co-Chair, ISESS, University of Guelph Opening Session Welcome Greetings Rut Bizkova, Deputy Minister of Ministry of the Environment, Czech Republic, Jiri Wiedermann, Director, Academy of Sciences, Antonin Kucera, Vice Dean, Charles University Representative | ||
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Márta Nagy-Rothengass, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate-General, ICT for Sustainable Growth Unit Plenary Session: Enabling environmental knowledge and services in Europe through ICT research | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Jiri Hrebicek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Keynote Environmental Information Space in Europe. Theory and Practice | ||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00 - 13:00 | A | Session Chair: Gerald Schimak Next Generation of Environmental Information and Risk Management Systems (EIS/RMS) | |
| 1 | Thomas Uslander Service-oriented Architecture for Environmental Risk Management Applications | ||
| 2 | Gerald Schimak Meta-information – A basic instrument in developing an Open Architecture and Spatial Data Infrastructure for Risk Management | ||
| 3 | Bastien Affeltranger IT for risk and emergency management: Consolidating methodologies for user-centred design | ||
| 4 | Torill Hamre Interoperable GMES services for environmental risk management in marine and coastal areas (InterRisk) | ||
| 11:00 - 13:00 | B | Session Chair: Jiri Hrebicek ICT Tools for Ecological and Human Risk Assessment | |
| 1 | Jiri Jarkovsky Type Specific and Multi-Metric Model for Evaluation of Ecological State of Surface Waters: Case Study of ARROW Project of WFD EU Implementation in the Czech Republic | ||
| 2 | Jaroslav Racek Predictive Modeling of Biological Communities in Biomonitoring Network: Case Study of ARROW Project of WFD EU Implementation in the Czech Republic | ||
| 3 | Robert Stewart SADA: A Freeware Decision Support Tool Integrating GIS, Sample design, Spatial Modeling and Risk Assessment | ||
| 4 | Fred Dolislager The Risk-Assessment Information System (RAIS): Insights from the Evolution of an Online Region-Specific Tool to an International Environmental Risk Assessment Center | ||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch (Provided) | ||
| 14:00 - 16:00 | A | Session Chair: Gerald Schimak Next Generation of Environmental Information and Risk Management Systems (EIS/RMS) | |
| 1 | Clemens Dupmeier Novel Approaches to Integrating External Systems in Environmental Information Systems, Illustrated by the Example of the Theme Park Environment | ||
| 2 | Claus Muckschel Web based information systems in environmental research projects | ||
| 3 | Matt Williams Supporting interoperable interpolation: the INTAMAP approach | ||
| 4 | Iosifescu Enescu Cartographic Functionalities for Risk Management | ||
| 14:00 - 15:00 | B | Session Chair: Jiri Hrebicek ICT Tools for Ecological and Human Risk Assessment | |
| 1 | Arno Scharl The Climate Change Collaboratory – A Community Portal Based on Geospatial Web Technology | ||
| 2 | Tomás Metelka “SCIER” – Sensor & Computing Infrastructure for Environmental Risks | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Break | ||
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Session Chair: Gerald Schimak Next Generation of Environmental Information and Risk Management Systems (EIS/RMS) | ||
| 1 | Ioannis Dokas Ontology to Support Knowledge Representation and Risk Analysis for the Development of Early Warning System in Solid Waste Management Operations | ||
| 2 | Domenico Gendarmi Water Protection Information Management by Syntactic and Semantic Interoperability of Heterogeneous Repositories | ||
| 3 | Ulrich Bugel Application of Semantic Services in ORCHESTRA | ||
| 19:30 - 22:00 | Reception - The Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Masaryk University, Charles University, Czech Software First, Maplesoft, Znovin Winery are co-sponsoring the reception. It will be held at Villa Lanna (http://www.cs.cas.cz/~fiedler80/villalanna.html). A light menu of foods will be served, and Moravian wines will be supplied. Directions to Villa Lanna will be provided. | ||
May 23, 2007 | |||
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Ralf Denzer Keynote Environmental Information Infrastructures in Europe – Where are we? What next? And what then? | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:30 - 13:00 | A | Session Chair: Gerald Schimak Next Generation of Environmental Information and Risk Management Systems (EIS/RMS) | |
| 1 | Denis Havlik (Sensors Anywhere) Integrated Project | ||
| 2 | Daniel Nicklass From Measurement Data to Environmental Information: MARQUIS – A Multimodal AiR QUality Information Service for the General Public | ||
| 3 | Gerhard Smiatek Implementation of an operational flooding warning system for an alpine catchment with a state and event driven system | ||
| 4 | Jean Jacques Serrano Risk Assessment for the Road Network in the French-Italian Border Region Using Web Services | ||
| 5 | Christian Alegre WIN: a new Service Oriented Architecture for risk management | ||
| 10:30 - 13:30 | B | Session Chairs: Andrea E. Rizzoli, Ioannis N. Athanasiadis, Virginia Brilhante Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Environmental Modelling | |
| 1 | Virginia Brilhante Rule-Based Mapping of Ontology-Annotated Data in System Dynamics Conceptual Model Structures | ||
| 2 | Julia Strauch Use of Ontology of Models in Scientific Model Management | ||
| 3 | Judith Janssen Use of Fuzzy Set Modeling in Assessment of River Management Measures: Dealing with Qualitative Knowledge and Uncertainties | ||
| 4 | Hongtao Li Development and Application of a Component-based Generic Farm System Simulator Implementing a Semantically Enriched Integrated Modelling Framework | ||
| 5 | Jan Zizka Identification of Pollution Sources by Machine-Learning Approach | ||
| 6 | Manuel Canton Towards an Automatic Interpretation of Ocean Satellites Images by means of Artificial Intelligence Techniques | ||
| 13:30 - 17:00 | Free Afternoon | ||
May 24, 2007 | |||
| 09:00 - 10:00 | A | Session Chair: Kostas D. Karatzas Environmental Engineering Education and Presentation of Environmental Information to Non Scientists | |
| 1 | Kostas Karatzas Design patterns for air quality information portals | ||
| 2 | Sef van den Elshout Communicating Air Quality | ||
| 09:00 - 10:00 | B | Session Chairs: Daniel P. Ames, Gerry Laniak Open Source GIS and Environmental Modeling Systems | |
| 1 | Daniel Ames Free and Open Source GIS Applications in Environmental Modeling | ||
| 2 | Jaroslav Hofierka Open Source Solar Radiation Tools for Environmental and Renewable Energy Applications | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:30 - 13:00 | A | Session Chair: Kostas D. Karatzas Environmental Engineering Education and Presentation of Environmental Information to Non Scientists | |
| 1 | Leo Wanner On the Challenge of Creating and Communicating Air Quality Information: A Case Study for Environmental Engineers | ||
| 2 | Sarah Lindley Maps as tools for moorland wildfire management – smoke and mirrors? | ||
| 3 | Matejicek Lubos Presentation of environmental information to public with spatial information systems | ||
| 4 | Nigel Quinn An environmental monitoring data management system for providing stakeholder assurances toward meeting contaminant mass loading policy objectives | ||
| 10:30 - 12:30 | B | Session Chairs: Daniel P. Ames, Gerry Laniak Open Source GIS and Environmental Modeling Systems | |
| 1 | Ari Jolma Geoinformatica: a modeling platform built on FOSS | ||
| 2 | Helena Mitasova Environmental Data Management, Analysis and Modeling in GRASS6 | ||
| 3 | Eric Rafn Open Source GIS and the BASINS Watershed Modeling System | ||
| 4 | Luis Leon WaterBase: Prototype of Open Source Toolkit for Environmental Modeling using SWAT in MapWindows | ||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch (Provided) | ||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | A | Session Chair: Robert Argent Software Tools and Component-Based Environmental Modelling | |
| 1 | Roberto Paiano GENSIS-D: Global Environmental Network System of Information for Sustainable Development | ||
| 2 | Robert Argent Software Structure for Multi-Paradigm Environmental Modelling Frameworks | ||
| 3 | Wolfgang Loibl A web-based metadata reporting tool as backbone for a spatial data warehouse | ||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | B | Session Chairs: Daniel P. Ames, Gerry Laniak Open Source GIS and Environmental Modeling Systems | |
| 1 | Ted Dunsford A New, Faster, Scalable PitFill Algorithm | ||
| 2 | Peter Fischer-Stabel The Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EG): User Requirements to Web Map-(WMS) and Web Feature-Services (WFS) on a Federal Level | ||
| 3 | Kurt Wolfe Data for Environmental Modeling (D4EM): Background and Example Applications of Data Automation | ||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | A | Session Chair: William Booty Integrated Modelling and Decision Support Systems for Watershed and Lake Management – Design and Application | |
| 1 | Bill Booty Integrated Modelling of Water Quality using Satellite and Land-based Non-Point Source Models in Canada | ||
| 2 | Gao Ang GIS Extension Prototype Ustudio Based on uDig Project | ||
| 3 | Pavel Jurus Ensemble based prediction for coupled models of weather and air quality | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | B | Session Chairs: Daryl Hepting, Steven Frysinger Human Factors in Enviromatics | |
| 1 | Daryl Hepting Information Technology in Support of Sustainable Food Choices | ||
| 2 | Daryl Hepting Discovery of Usability Patterns in Support of Green Purchasing | ||
| 3 | Thomas Vogele An Effort to Achieve Organizational Interoperability of Environmental Information – PortalU and the Environmental Information Infrastructure in Germany | ||
| 19:00 - 23:00 | Conference Banquet - This will be a buffet style meal, with at least one non-meat option. Place to be announced. This meal is included in your conference registration. | ||
May 25, 2007 | |||
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Jaroslav Pokorný, Charles University, Czech Republic Keynote Data streams: another step towards processing environmental data | ||
| 10:00 - 12:30 | Session Chair: David A.B. Swayne Distributed and Parallel Environmental Modelling Paradigms | ||
| 1 | Dave Swayne Parallel Implementations of the Dynamically Dimensioned Search (DDS) Algorithm | ||
| 2 | Markiyan Sloboda Using Bayesian Belief Networks to Calibrate Environmental Process Models | ||
| 3 | Jiri Komprda The Application of a Steady and Unsteady State Environmental Distribution Models on Environmental Concentrations of PAHs Measured in Kosetice CZ-3 Station between 1996 and 2004 | ||
| 4 | Tomas Hudik PAH Source Identification Using Various Matrix Factorization and Clustering Models | ||
| 12:30 - 13:30 | WG 5.11 Meeting | ||
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Wrap-Up, Final Reports, Awards | ||
